How to do clock update on pcDuino8 Uno
pcDuino8 Uno doesn’t have an onboard RTC. So if you power it up, the clock and date will be lost. Once you get network connection, you can force a time update using the following command: $sudo...
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How to make bootable SD card for pcDuino8 Uno on MAC
pcDuino8 Uno doesn’t have the onboard storage. Before use it, we need to first create a bootable SD card. In this tutorial, we explain how to create a bootable SD on MAC. With the help of an USB SD...
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Install Ubuntu 14.04.3 on LinkSprite Canyonlands: Intel Atom Z3735F Quad
LinkSprite Canyonlands is an Intel Atom Z3735F Quad computer. It defaults with a Windows 8 operation system. We follow the post at CNXsoft to install the Ubuntu OS on it. In this post, we detailed the...
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Use CuteDigi Picoboard with Scratch 2.0
Scratch has been evolved from 1.4 to 2.0, and now 2.0 has an offline edition. In this tutorial, we show how to use CuteDigi picoboard with scratch 2.0. First we need to install CP2102 USB driver on...
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How to Install ThingSpeak Server Standalone
ThingSpeak is an open source “Internet of Things” application and API to store and retrieve data from things using HTTP over the Internet or via a Local Area Network. With ThingSpeak, you can create...
View ArticleInstall Docker on Ubuntu
Docker is supported on these Ubuntu operating systems: Ubuntu Wily 15.10 Ubuntu Trusty 14.04 (LTS) Ubuntu Precise 12.04 (LTS) This page instructs you to install using Docker-managed release packages...
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Get Started with Deepcam Cube Security Camera
Openhapp’s Deepcam is a cube plug and play security camera with optional motion detection triggered cloud recording. In this post, we show how to configure the deepcam cube camera step by step. First,...
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How to Enable Motion Triggered Cloud Recording for Deepcam
Deepcam plug and play security camera is a low cost WiFi camera that has vivid video quality. We showed how to use a pcDuino8 uno to detect the motion and upload the video clip to dropbox, so a user...
View ArticleHow to install FFMPEG for pcDuino8 Uno
FFMPEG is the great tool if you want to deal with video. In this tutorial, we show how to install this complicated tool on pcDuino8 Uno, Install H264 Support: Enter the following commands: $cd...
View ArticleUse FFMPEG on pcDuino8 Uno to capture the RTSP video stream from Deepcam
We would like to capture the RTSP video stream from Deepcam and save to a local video file so that we can check it later. In a previous post, we showed how to find the IP address of deepcam. In this...
View ArticleWhat is the correct pcDuino APT Package Server?
Please modify /etc/apt/sources.list As to pcDuino8 Uno, add the following line: deb http://ubuntu.pcduino.com/pcduino8/ pcduino main As to pcDuino3/2/1, add the following lines: deb...
View ArticleREAL TIME FACE DETECTION USING VIOLA-JONES AND CAMSHIFT IN PYTHON
As the title suggest’s, this blog mainly deals about real time Face Detection on a video (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) using combined approach of Viola-Jones and CAMSHIFT. The prerequisites are...
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Get Started with CuteDigi Plug and Play P2P 16 Channels Relay Kit
CuteDigi has a 16-channel plug and play P2P WiFi relay kit. In this post, we show how to set it up. Before we use it, we need to install the WiFi antenna as below: Plug in the power supply and move...
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Pano 360 Virtual Reality Photo Shot with pcDuino8 Uno
Virtual reality is pretty big recently. In this post, we show how to do pano 360 degree virtual reality photo shot with pcDuino8 Uno. Before we do that, we first need to make a camera rig from the fish...
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HDMI Touch Screen for 96boards
Recently, I get an 7inch HDMI touch screen and the features of this screen are: 800×480 high resolution Capacitive touch control Supports Raspberry Pi Supports Banana Pi / Banana Pro, comes with...
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LinkNode D1
LinkNode D1 is Arduino-compatible WiFi development board which is powered by the high integrated WiFi chip ESP-8266EX. Thanks for the contribution from open source community who have developed Arduino...
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How to use Android to control LinkNode
1. Download the BLE demo project This LinkNode_SimpleControls project is open source and you can import this project to your own mBed online compile environment, just click the on button Import this...
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Use LinkNode MBED BLE to Check if Baby is Covered Well at Night
Have you ever worry about your loved baby is covered well at night? Now, we don’t need to worry about it anymore as we can DIY a temperature monitor and alert gadget by using Bluetooth 4.0 BLE sensors...
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Create Smart Hardware by LinkNode
The LinkNode BLE Sensors tag is a Bluetooth 4.0 BLE sensor development board. It integrates devices, such as NRF51822, LIS3DH, BMP180, buzzer, and dual-color LED. It is a powerful and also programming...
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